Two newly recorded species of Urticaceae among the flora of Vietnam used as green foods for H’mong beef cattle

Hung Duy Nguyen¹, Long-Fei Fu², Yi-Gang Wei², Truong Van Do^3*

¹Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam

²Guangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst Terrain, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guilin, China

³Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam

Received 13 December 2018; accepted 6 May 2019

 

Abstract:

Oreocnide kwangsiensis Hand.-Mazz. and Boehmeria japonica (L. f.) Miq. (Urticaceae) are newly reported among the flora of Vietnam that are used as green foods for beef cattle by local H’Mong people in northern Vietnam in the winter-spring season. The authors provide descriptions, illustrations, notes on utilisation, and a diagnostic comparison of these species with ones that are morphologically similar.

Kewwords: Boehmeria japonica, green foods, new record, Oreocnide kwangsiensis, Vietnam.

Classification number: 3.4